Bren­da is the author of five nov­els, includ­ing The Din­ner Par­ty (St. Martin’s April 2016). She is also the author of Scot on the Rocks, Jack with a Twist, Recipe for a Hap­py Life and The Lone­ly Hearts Club. She is the Books Cor­re­spon­dent for Pop­Sug­ar. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, Salon, Red­book, Bus­tle, The For­ward, the New York Post, Publisher’s Week­ly, Hel­lo Gig­gles, Writer’s Digest Mag­a­zine, and xojane.